14 Tricks Apple’s Smart Hi-Fi Speaker Does You Didn’t Know This pigeon-hole categorization of HomePod put it square in the crosshairs of the Amazon Echo product line and its Alexa virtual assistant[ … ]
You can call me a sore loser. That’s right, a year or so ago I lost Apple’s venerable, but often controversial photo management app Aperture. I felt abandoned, alone, and yet hanging on[ … ]
Longtime readers of The Digital Tavern undoubtedly know that I’ve been an Apple Macintosh user for more than 20 years. Over the more than ten years I’ve been blogging, I’ve written[ … ]
With my gift already packed, shipped and on its way to Mom for this weekend’s annual honor for those women that nurtured and raised us, I was surprised and put off by a marketing offer I[ … ]
Spring Flowers Come Alive With New iPad Camera & Retina Display I’ve had my new iPad with its amazing retina display for a scant 12 hours. I’m working on a review complete with sample[ … ]
I never planned to do another silly YouTube unboxing video. However, as I was waiting at the end of my driveway for the airport shuttle to pick up my friend Michael Yacavone, who visited from the[ … ]
This year The Digital Tavern – For The Sake of Clarity – celebrates its 10th birthday. It’s fun to look back at the old posts still archived here. Nobody knew what a blog was back[ … ]
iPhone 4S Siri – Meet Your Personal Digital Assistant The Apple iPhone 4S may not look like a new phone, but the power is within. I put iPhone Siri Digital Assistant, now a crucial part of the[ … ]
iPhone 4S Camera: Samples & Siri Digital Assistant Have you checked out the new iPhone 4S camera? Just about a week after the phone became available, I was happy to see the FedEx guy walk up to[ … ]
I don’t expect that most readers are as interested in the ongoing patent wars that involve Apple, Google, Motorola, Samsung, Nokia and others. But I’ve been following the Samsung conflict[ … ]
For Mac users that have upgraded to Lion and are using any web-based applications such as Basecamp, WordPress, Tungle or just about any webpage with a form, I’ve got a personal pet peeve. I use[ … ]
I jumped in head first. I bought the latest update to Apple’s OS X operating system the day it was released. Though this can be a risky move because OS X 10.7 (aka Lion) is a major upgrade and[ … ]
I was happy to find that Gizmodo reprinted (posted) an interview from Playboy Magazine with Steve Jobs from sometime in the mid-1980 ‘s. I guess there is some controversy as to the actual date[ … ]
It’s no secret I love my iPhone. My friends, clients and associates will all attest for my relentless efforts to help them take advantage of this powerful tool and help them be more[ … ]
I’m hardly a creature of habit, but there are those things I often revisit that serve as a reminder to me that perhaps I should make a habit of paying more attention. Simple things, like[ … ]
I continued to be impressed with the camera and its capabilities on Apple’s iPhone 4 or 4G, however you wish to refer to it. Yesterday afternoon while roaming around Orange County and Newport[ … ]
I didn’t really need an excuse to convince myself to buy a new iPhone. Yet putting it through the complete wash cycle in the automatic washer clinched the deal. Returning from a recent[ … ]
Unless you’ve been sleeping or simply unaware or uninterested in the world of technology or Apple, you know that gadget website Gizmodo somehow managed to get its hands on what is likely the[ … ]
Time for a quick update on the Digital Tavern. Pardon the diversion, but this post will focus on some personal and business items that I hope you’ll find interesting or at least somewhat amused[ … ]
And those behind many of such tea parties efforts to make the current administrations efforts to move the economy, improve healthcare and fight the war on terror appear like "Bolshevik Plots," might[ … ]
While it’s been long since I’ve posted to The Digital Tavern, today someone suggested I explore using MacJournal. So this is my first test blog[ … ]